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S Dhawan and RG Sharma of India posted 118 runs partnership for the first wicket against Bangladesh at Rajkot on 07.11.19 to provide the 63rd occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket in T20Is. It also provides the seventh occasion of  Indian batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the first wicket.

Of these seven partnerships, S Dhawan-RG Sharma pair has partnered four partnerships which are tabulated below.

S Dhawan-RG Sharma owns the record for most three-figure partnerships for the first wicket in T20Is as a pair. They went past DA Warner-SR Watson pair who held the previous record with three three-figure partnerships for the first wicket.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	158	1	Ind	NZl	Delhi	01 Nov 2017
2	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	160	1	Ind	Ire	Dublin-M	27 Jun 2018
3	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	123	1	Ind	Win	Lucknow	06 Nov 2018
4	S Dhawan, RG Sharma	1	118	2	Ind	Ban	Rajkot	07 Nov 2019
1	DA Warner, SR Watson	1	104	1	Aus	Ind	Bridgetown	07 May 2010
2	DA Warner, SR Watson	1	111	1	Aus	Pak	Dubai-DSC	10 Sep 2012
3	DA Warner, SR Watson	1	133	2	Aus	Ind	Col-RPS	28 Sep 2012

SD Hope of West Indies scored 77 not out against Afghanistan at Lucknow on 06.11.19 to provide his 20^th fifty  in one-day internationals. He became the first West Indian wicket-keeper to achieve the feat and also 15^th wicket-keeper to score 20 or more fifties in the history of one-day internationals. The following table lists the performance of all these wicket keepers

No	Player	Team	Mat	Inns	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	C	HC	50+
1	KC Sangakkara	Srl	360	340	35	13341	169	43.74	23	91	114
2	MS Dhoni	Ind	350	297	84	10773	183*	50.57	10	73	083
3	AC Gilchrist	Aus	282	274	10	9410	172	35.64	16	53	069
4	A Flower	Zim	186	183	14	5845	145	34.58	04	46	050
5	Mushfiqur Rahim	Ban	203	190	32	5578	144	35.30	05	35	040
6	Q de Kock	RSA	114	114	06	4904	178	45.40	14	24	038
7	AJ Stewart	Eng	138	132	12	4017	116	33.47	04	26	030
8	JC Buttler	Eng	141	116	23	3843	150	41.32	09	20	029
9	MV Boucher	RSA	294	220	57	4680	147*	28.71	01	26	027
10	AB de Villiers	RSA	059	055	13	2963	149	70.54	10	17	027
11	BRM Taylor	Zim	100	099	09	3510	138	39.00	05	22	027
12	RS Kaluwitharana	Srl	186	179	14	3691	102*	22.36	02	23	025
13	BB McCullum	NZl	184	157	25	4057	131	30.73	03	20	023
14	T Taibu	Zim	143	130	21	3309	107*	30.35	02	21	023
15	SD Hope	Win	066	061	07	2627	170	48.64	06	14	020

SD Hope of West Indies scored 77 not out against Afghanistan at Lucknow on 06.11.19 to provide the 18^th occasion of a West Indies wicketkeeper opening batsman scoring a fifty in a one day international. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JR Murray	86	2	v Pakistan	Adelaide	17 Dec 1996
2	JR Murray	62	2	v Pakistan	Perth	10 Jan 1997
3	JR Murray	56	2	v Australia	Perth	12 Jan 1997
4	RD Jacobs	68	1	v Australia	Bridgetown	24 Apr 1999
5	RD Jacobs	54	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	25 Apr 1999
6	RD Jacobs	51	2	v Bangladesh	Dublin	21 May 1999
7	RD Jacobs	80*	2	v New Zealand	Southampton	24 May 1999
8	RD Jacobs	65	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	02 Jan 2000
9	LMP Simmons	51	1	v Pakistan	Bridgetown	28 Apr 2011
10	J Charles	60	1	v India	The Oval	11 Jun 2013
11	SD Hope	81	2	v India	Port of Spain	25 Jun 2017
12	SD Hope	146*	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	11 Dec 2018
13	SD Hope	108*	1	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	14 Dec 2018
14	SD Hope	170	1	v Ireland	Dublin	05 May 2019
15	SD Hope	109	1	v Bangladesh	Dublin	07 May 2019
16	SD Hope	87	1	v Bangladesh	Dublin-M	13 May 2019
17	SD Hope	74	1	v Bangladesh	Dublin-M	17 May 2019
18	SD Hope	77*	2	v Afghanistan	Lucknow	06 Nov 2019

SD Hope of West Indies scored 77 not out  against Afghanistan at Lucknow on 06.11.19 to provide the eighth occasion of his scoring a fifty as West Indies wicket keeper opening batsman in one day internationals. It also represents most fifties by a West Indies wicket keeper opening batsman in one day internationals. He is the second wicket keeper opening batsman in one day internationals to score  five or more  fifties after RD Jacobs. RD Jacobs has scored five fifties. The following  table lists the fifties scored by these two batsmen

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	RD Jacobs	68	1	v Australia	Bridgetown	24 Apr 1999
2	RD Jacobs	54	2	v Australia	Bridgetown	25 Apr 1999
3	RD Jacobs	51	2	v Bangladesh	Dublin	21 May 1999
4	RD Jacobs	80*	2	v New Zealand	Southampton	24 May 1999
5	RD Jacobs	65	1	v New Zealand	Auckland	02 Jan 2000
1	SD Hope	81	2	v India	Port of Spain	25 Jun 2017
2	SD Hope	146*	2	v Bangladesh	Dhaka	11 Dec 2018
3	SD Hope	108*	1	v Bangladesh	Sylhet	14 Dec 2018
4	SD Hope	170	1	v Ireland	Dublin	05 May 2019
5	SD Hope	109	1	v Bangladesh	Dublin	07 May 2019
6	SD Hope	87	1	v Bangladesh	Dublin-M	13 May 2019
7	SD Hope	74	1	v Bangladesh	Dublin-M	17 May 2019
8	SD Hope	77*	2	v Afghanistan	Lucknow	06 Nov 2019

Babar Azam of Pakistan was dismissed run out for 50 against Australia at Canberra on 05.11.19 to provide the sixth occasion of a captain opener dismissed run out in a T20I after scoring fifty plus runs. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CH Gayle	98	1	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
2	MR Swart	89	1	Net	Ken	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
3	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
4	WTS Porterfield	72	2	Ire	UAE	Abu Dhabi	16 Feb 2016
5	RG Sharma	89	1	Ind	Ban	Colombo (RPS)	14 Mar 2018
6	Babar Azam	50	1	Pak	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019

It also provides the seventh occasion of a captain scoring exact fifty runs in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Younis Khan	50	2	Pak	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2009
2	Shahid Afridi	50	1	Pak	Srl	Colombo (RPS)	12 Aug 2009
3	BRM Taylor	50*	1	Zim	NZl	Harare	15 Oct 2011
4	CO Obuya	50	2	Ken	Sco	ICCA Dubai	13 Mar 2012
5	Mushfiqur Rahim	50	2	Ban	NZl	Dhaka	06 Nov 2013
6	RG Sharma	50	2	Ind	NZl	Auckland	08 Feb 2019
7	Babar Azam	50	1	Pak	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019

It also provides the 12^th occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a fifty in a T20I innings. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also provides the 167^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in a T20I

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Shoaib Malik	57	1	Srl	Johannesburg	17 Sep 2007
2	Shoaib Malik	52*	2	Aus	Johannesburg	18 Sep 2007
3	Younis Khan	50	2	Srl	Lord’s	12 Jun 2009
4	Shahid Afridi	50	1	Srl	Colombo (RPS)	12 Aug 2009
5	Mohammad Hafeez	61	2	Ind	Bengaluru	25 Dec 2012
6	Mohammad Hafeez	55	2	Ind	Ahmedabad	28 Dec 2012
7	Mohammad Hafeez	86	1	RSA	Centurion	03 Mar 2013
8	Mohammad Hafeez	54*	1	Zim	Harare	24 Aug 2013
9	Mohammad Hafeez	63	1	RSA	Cape Town	22 Nov 2013
10	Sarfaraz Ahmed	89*	1	Sco	Edinburgh	12 Jun 2018
11	Babar Azam	59*	1	Aus	Sydney	03 Nov 2019
12	Babar Azam	50	1	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019

It also provides the third occasion of a Pakistan captain scoring a fifty in a T20I innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Shoaib Malik	52*	2	Aus	Johannesburg	18 Sep 2007
2	Babar Azam	59*	1	Aus	Sydney	03 Nov 2019
3	Babar Azam	50	1	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019

It also provides the 12^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty against Australia in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	89*	1	RSA	Aus	Johannesburg	24 Feb 2006
2	Shoaib Malik	52*	2	Pak	Aus	Johannesburg	18 Sep 2007
3	CH Gayle	88	2	Win	Aus	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
4	KC Sangakkara	55*	2	Srl	Aus	Nottingham	08 Jun 2009
5	TM Dilshan	104*	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Aug 2011
6	EJG Morgan	74	1	Eng	Aus	Cardiff	31 Aug 2015
7	F du Plessis	79	1	RSA	Aus	Johannesburg	06 Mar 2016
8	LD Chandimal	58	2	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Sep 2016
9	V Kohli	61*	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	25 Nov 2018
10	V Kohli	72*	1	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
11	Babar Azam	59*	1	Pak	Aus	Sydney	03 Nov 2019
12	Babar Azam	50	1	Pak	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019

V Kohli of India and Babar Azam of Pakistan are the only two captains to score fifties against Australia on two occasions.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	V Kohli	61*	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	25 Nov 2018
2	V Kohli	72*	1	Ind	Aus	Bengaluru	27 Feb 2019
1	Babar Azam	59*	1	Pak	Aus	Sydney	03 Nov 2019
2	Babar Azam	50	1	Pak	Aus	Canberra	05 Nov 2019

Deccan Herald, leading English Newspaper in Karnataka is using Sri Arun Gopalakrishnan as its Statistician for providing statistical tit-bits on cricket matches.

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It is a known fact that Tamilians and Keralites add the ‘n’ to their names – such as Ramachandran, Koteeswaran, Narayanan, Ananthapadmanabhan, etc.,

I requested Sri Madhu Jawali, Senior Correspondent of Deccan Herald to use the byline – Arun Gopalakrishnan {not related to HR Gopala Krishna} whenever the newspaper uses the stats furnished by Arun Gopalakrishnan.  But he refused to use such byline. Hence this  piece of  information through my portal

Bangladesh won this T20I by seven wickets. This was its first victory against India in nine outings. It also represents its 30^th win in T20Is and also 27^th win on away soil. It also represents its 13^th win in terms of wickets margin.

India and Bangladesh T20I at New Delhi scheduled for today, that is, 03.11.19, will be numbered as the 1000^th T20I game. As of 02.11.2019, the total number of T20Is played across the world read 997. Today, that is on 3^rd November 2019,  three T20Is are slated – New Zealand  vs England at  Wellington,  Australia vs Pakistan at Sydney, and India vs Bangladesh at Delhi.

The game between New Zealand vs England at Wellington has been numbered as 998^th T20I. The game between Australia Vs Pakistan at Sydney has been numbered as 999^th T20I.

India capped Shivam Dube for today’s T20I against Bangladesh at Delhi. He became the 82nd cricketer to represent India in T20Is. He also became the 18th cricketer to represent India in T20Is at home.

He also became the second Indian cricketer to make his T20I debut against Bangladesh after PP Ojha. PP Ojha had made his T20I debut against Bangladesh at Nottingham on 06.09.09. Shivam Dube became the first Indian cricketer to make his T20I debut against Bangladesh at home.

India capped Shivam Dube for this game. He became the 70^th cricketer to represent a team against Bangladesh in T20Is. He also became the 34th cricketer to represent a team against Bangladesh in T20Is at home.

This game will be the first International game to be played at Arun Jaitley Stadium. Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium has  been renamed as Arun Jaitley stadium some time back after the demise of Arun Jaitley, the former President of DDCA. This game would be the sixth T20I game played at Delhi.

RG Sharma earned the record for scoring most runs in T20I. He has now an aggregate of 2452 runs. He went past V Kohli’s 2450 runs when he was on eight in his score of nine in this game. RG Sharma also became the most capped Indian cricketer in T20Is. This is his 99^th game. He went past MS Dhoni who has played 98 T20Is

RG Sharma had played 318 T20 games prior to the start of the series. First T20I at Delhi is his 319^th T20I. He now shares the record for most T20 caps by an Indian cricketer with SK Raina who has played 319 T20 games.

S Dhawan was dismissed run out for 41 in this game to provide the 236^th occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings in T20Is. It also provides the 17^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman dismissed run out in an innings in T20Is

S Dhawan was dismissed run out for 41 in this game to provide the fifth occasion of his dismissed run out in an innings in T20Is an opening batsman. He became the first Indian opening batsman to be dismissed run out in a T20I innings on five occasions.

He also became the sixth opening batsman to be dismissed run out in a T20I innings on five or more occasions. Others are – H Masakadza {08}, WTS Porterfield {06}, Tamim Iqbal {06}, HM Amla {05} and MJ Guptill {05}

Bangladesh deployed eight bowlers in India’s innings in this game to provide the 36^th occasion of a team deploying eight or more bowlers in an innings in T20Is.

It also provides the second occasion of Bangladesh deploying eight or more bowlers in a T20I innings. The first such occasion was against Pakistan at Dhaka on 27.09.11. It also provides the first such occasion by any team against India in T20Is

Mahmuduallah had pouched 29 catches as fieldsman in T20Is prior to the start of the series. He pouched one catch in this game which fetched him 30 catches. He became the first Bangladesh fieldsman to pouch 30 plus catches in T20Is. He also became the 23^rd fieldsman to pouch 30 plus catches in the history of T20Is.

Mushfiqur Rahim scored 60 not out in this game to provide the 107th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in T20Is. It also provides the fifth occasion of a Bangladesh wicket keeper scoring a fifty in a T20I. It is interesting to note that on all these five occasions, it was Mushfiqur Rahim who has scored the fifty

Mushfiqur Rahim became the sixth wicket keeper batsman in the history of T20Is to score five or more fifties. Others are – Mohammad Shahzad {13}, BB McCullum {10}, KC Sangakkara {08}, JC Buttler {07}, and Kamran Akmal {05}.

Sowmya Sarkar  and  Mushfiqur Rahim added 60  runs for the third  wicket in this game to provide the  48^th  occasion of Bangladesh batsmen posting 50 plus runs  partnership  in an innings in T20I. It also provided the tenth occasion of Bangladesh batsmen posting 50 plus runs partnership in an innings in T20I for the third wicket.

It also provides the second occasion of Bangladesh batsmen posting a fifty plus runs partnership in T20Is against India. The other occasion was the 65 runs partnership between Mushfiqur Rahim and Sabbir Rehman for the fifth wicket at Col-RPS on 14.03.18.

Sowmya Sarkar  and  Mushfiqur Rahim added 60  runs for the third  wicket in this game to provide the 16th  occasion of Mushfiqur Rahim partnering 50 plus runs  partnership  in an innings in T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Tamim Iqbal	3	82*	2	v Netherlands	The Hague	25 Jul 2012
2	Shakib Al Hasan	3	68	1	v Pakistan	Pallekele	25 Sep 2012
3	Mahmudullah	5	50	2	v Sri Lanka	Pallekele	31 Mar 2013
4	Nasir Hossain	5	54	2	v New Zealand	Dhaka	06 Nov 2013
5	Shakib Al Hasan	3	112	1	v Australia	Dhaka	01 Apr 2014
6	Sabbir Rahman	4	52*	1	v Zimbabwe	Khulna	17 Jan 2016
7	Mahmudullah	6	51*	1	v Australia	Bengaluru	21 Mar 2016
8	Soumya Sarkar	2	51	1	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	15 Feb 2018
9	Mahmudullah	4	73	1	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	15 Feb 2018
10	Soumya Sarkar	3	51	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	10 Mar 2018
11	Sabbir Rahman	5	65	2	v India	Col-RPS	14 Mar 2018
12	Tamim Iqbal	3	64	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2018
13	Mahmudullah	5	84	2	v Afghanistan	Dehradun	07 Jun 2018
14	Mahmudullah	4	78	1	v Zimbabwe	Chattogram	18 Sep 2019
15	Shakib Al Hasan	3	58	2	v Afghanistan	Chattogram	21 Sep 2019
16	Soumya Sarkar	3	60	2	v India	Delhi	03 Nov 2019

Sowmya Sarkar  and  Mushfiqur Rahim added 60  runs for the third  wicket in this game to provide the seventh occasion of Mushfiqur Rahim partnering 50 plus runs  partnership  in an innings in T20I for the third wicket  All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Tamim Iqbal	3	82*	2	v Netherlands	The Hague	25 Jul 2012
2	Shakib Al Hasan	3	68	1	v Pakistan	Pallekele	25 Sep 2012
3	Shakib Al Hasan	3	112	1	v Australia	Dhaka	01 Apr 2014
4	Soumya Sarkar	3	51	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	10 Mar 2018
5	Tamim Iqbal	3	64	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	16 Mar 2018
6	Shakib Al Hasan	3	58	2	v Afghanistan	Chattogram	21 Sep 2019
7	Soumya Sarkar	3	60	2	v India	Delhi	03 Nov 2019

Sowmya Sarkar and Mushfiqur Rahim added 60  runs for the third  wicket in this game to provide the third occasion of this pair posting a 50 plus runs  partnership  in an innings in T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below. It also represents the highest partnership by this pair for any wicket for Bangladesh

No	Partner	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Soumya Sarkar	2	51	1	v Sri Lanka	Dhaka	15 Feb 2018
2	Soumya Sarkar	3	51	2	v Sri Lanka	Col-RPS	10 Mar 2018
3	Soumya Sarkar	3	60	2	v India	Delhi	03 Nov 2019

Babar Azam of Pakistan scored 59 not out against Australia at Sydney on 03.11.19 to provide the 60th occasion of a captain opener scoring fifty in a T20I. All such occasions are tabulated below. Babar Azam became the first Pakistan captain opener to score a fifty in a T20I.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	GC Smith	61	1	RSA	NZl	Johannesburg	21 Oct 2005
2	GC Smith	89*	1	RSA	Aus	Johannesburg	24 Feb 2006
3	GC Smith	71*	2	RSA	Pak	Johannesburg	02 Feb 2007
4	CH Gayle	61	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	29 Jun 2007
5	RR Watson	54	2	Sco	Ken	Belfast	04 Aug 2008
6	CH Gayle	67	2	Win	NZl	Auckland	26 Dec 2008
7	TM Dilshan	61	1	Srl	Ind	Colombo (RPS)	10 Feb 2009
8	CH Gayle	88	2	Win	Aus	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
9	BB McCullum	57	2	NZl	RSA	Lord’s	09 Jun 2009
10	CH Gayle	63*	2	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
11	GC Smith	88	1	RSA	Eng	Centurion	15 Nov 2009
12	CH Gayle	98	1	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
13	TM Dilshan	104*	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Aug 2011
14	WTS Porterfield	56*	2	Ire	Ken	Dubai (DSC)	14 Mar 2012
15	DPMD Jayawardene	65*	2	Srl	Win	Pallekele	29 Sep 2012
16	MR Swart	89	1	Net	Ken	Windhoek	19 Apr 2013
17	CO Obuya	60*	1	Ken	Afg	Sharjah	11 Oct 2013
18	KS Williamson	53	1	NZl	Srl	Mt Maunganui	07 Jan 2016
19	KS Williamson	70	2	NZl	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
20	KS Williamson	72*	2	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	17 Jan 2016
21	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
22	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
23	WTS Porterfield	72	2	Ire	UAE	Abu Dhabi	16 Feb 2016
24	LD Chandimal	58	1	Srl	Pak	Dhaka	04 Mar 2016
25	Rohan Mustafa	58	2	UAE	Afg	ICCA Dubai	18 Dec 2016
26	KS Williamson	73*	2	NZl	Ban	Napier	03 Jan 2017
27	KS Williamson	60	1	NZl	Ban	Mt Maunganui	08 Jan 2017
28	AJ Finch	53	1	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	22 Feb 2017
29	RG Sharma	118	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22 Dec 2017
30	DA Warner	59	2	Aus	NZl	Auckland	16 Feb 2018
31	RG Sharma	89	1	Ind	Ban	Colombo (RPS)	14 Mar 2018
32	RG Sharma	56	2	Ind	Ban	Colombo (RPS)	18 Mar 2018
33	KJ Coetzer	54	1	Sco	Ire	Deventer	17 Jun 2018
34	AJ Finch	84	2	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	27 Jun 2018
35	AJ Finch	68*	2	Aus	Pak	Harare	02 Jul 2018
36	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018
37	RG Sharma	111*	1	Ind	Win	Lucknow	06 Nov 2018
38	Inam-ul-Haq	73*	2	Qat	Mal	Al Amerat	23 Jan 2019
39	RG Sharma	50	2	Ind	NZl	Auckland	08 Feb 2019
40	PR Stirling	71	1	Ire	Oman	Al Amerat	13 Feb 2019
41	PR Stirling	56	1	Ire	Sco	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
42	KJ Coetzer	74	2	Sco	Ire	Al Amerat	15 Feb 2019
43	PR Stirling	91	2	Ire	Afg	Dehradun	23 Feb 2019
44	SJ Baard	52*	2	Nam	Ghan	Kampala	20 May 2019
45	P Khadka	86*	2	Nep	Mal	Kuala Lumpur	13 Jul 2019
46	NG Collins	53	2	Fin	Den	Brondby	13 Jul 2019
47	G Malla	51	2	Nep	Man	Singapore	24 Jul 2019
48	P Khadka	68	2	Nep	Kuw	Singapore	27 Jul 2019
49	NG Collins	56	1	Fin	Spa	Kerava	18 Aug 2019
50	K Motlhanka	59	2	Bots	Nam	Windhoek	20 Aug 2019
51	KJ Coetzer	89	1	Sco	Net	Dublin (Malahide)	16 Sep 2019
52	Q de Kock	52	1	RSA	Ind	Mohali	18 Sep 2019
53	H Masakadza	71	2	Zim	Afg	Chattogram	20 Sep 2019
54	Q de Kock	79*	2	RSA	Ind	Bengaluru	22 Sep 2019
55	P Khadka	106*	2	Nep	Sing	Singapore	28 Sep 2019
56	A Vala	53*	2	PNG	Ber	ICCA Dubai	19 Oct 2019
57	KJ Coetzer	54	1	Sco	PNG	ICCA Dubai	21 Oct 2019
58	NS Dhaliwal	69	1	Can	Ire	Abu Dhabi	23 Oct 2019
59	AJ Finch	64	1	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	27 Oct 2019
60	Babar Azam	59*	1	Pak	Aus	Sydney	03 Nov 2019

The following list tabulates the captain openers who have scored centuries in a T20I. There are six occasions. RG Sharma of India is the only captain opener to score century two occasions.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	TM Dilshan	104*	1	Srl	Aus	Pallekele	06 Aug 2011
2	SR Watson	124*	1	Aus	Ind	Sydney	31 Jan 2016
3	RG Sharma	118	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22 Dec 2017
4	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018
5	RG Sharma	111*	1	Ind	Win	Lucknow	06 Nov 2018
6	P Khadka	106*	2	Nep	Sing	Singapore	28 Sep 2019

AJ Finch {06}, CH Gayle {05}, KS Williamson {05} and RG Sharma {05} are the four captain openers to score fifties on five or more occasions. The  following table lists the performance of these four captains

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	AJ Finch	74	2	Aus	Ind	Melbourne	29 Jan 2016
2	AJ Finch	53	1	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	22 Feb 2017
3	AJ Finch	84	2	Aus	Eng	Birmingham	27 Jun 2018
4	AJ Finch	68*	2	Aus	Pak	Harare	02 Jul 2018
5	AJ Finch	172	1	Aus	Zim	Harare	03 Jul 2018
6	AJ Finch	64	1	Aus	Srl	Adelaide	27 Oct 2019
1	CH Gayle	61	1	Win	Eng	The Oval	29 Jun 2007
2	CH Gayle	67	2	Win	NZl	Auckland	26 Dec 2008
3	CH Gayle	88	2	Win	Aus	The Oval	06 Jun 2009
4	CH Gayle	63*	2	Win	Srl	The Oval	19 Jun 2009
5	CH Gayle	98	1	Win	Ind	Bridgetown	09 May 2010
1	KS Williamson	53	1	NZl	Srl	Mt Maunganui	07 Jan 2016
2	KS Williamson	70	2	NZl	Pak	Auckland	15 Jan 2016
3	KS Williamson	72*	2	NZl	Pak	Hamilton	17 Jan 2016
4	KS Williamson	73*	2	NZl	Ban	Napier	03 Jan 2017
5	KS Williamson	60	1	NZl	Ban	Mt Maunganui	08 Jan 2017
1	RG Sharma	118	1	Ind	Srl	Indore	22 Dec 2017
2	RG Sharma	89	1	Ind	Ban	Colombo (RPS)	14 Mar 2018
3	RG Sharma	56	2	Ind	Ban	Colombo (RPS)	18 Mar 2018
4	RG Sharma	111*	1	Ind	Win	Lucknow	06 Nov 2018
5	RG Sharma	50	2	Ind	NZl	Auckland	08 Feb 2019

JM Bairstow of England was dismissed for a first ball duck against New Zealand at Wellington on 03.11.19 to provide the 135th occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the sixth occasion of an England opening batsman to suffer such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	JL Denly	0	1	2	Eng	Aus	Manchester	30 Aug 2009
2	JL Denly	0	1	1	Eng	RSA	Johannesburg	13 Nov 2009
3	JJ Roy	0	1	1	Eng	Pak	Sharjah	30 Nov 2015
4	SW Billings	0	1	2	Eng	Ind	Bengaluru	01 Feb 2017
5	JJ Roy	0	1	2	Eng	Win	Chester-le-Street	16 Sep 2017
6	JM Bairstow	0	1	2	Eng	NZl	Wellington	03 Nov 2019

Fakhar Zaman was dismissed for a first ball duck against Australia at Sydney on 03.11.19 to provide the 136th occasion of an opening batsman collecting the first ball duck in T20Is. It also provides the tenth occasion of a Pakistan opening batsman to suffer such an ignominy. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Kamran Akmal	0	1	1	Pak	Srl	Colombo (RPS)	12 Aug 2009
2	Kamran Akmal	0	1	2	Pak	Aus	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
3	Shahzaib Hasan	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Birmingham	05 Jul 2010
4	Mohammad Hafeez	0	1	2	Pak	Eng	Abu Dhabi	27 Feb 2012
5	Mohammad Hafeez	0	1	2	Pak	Srl	Hambantota	01 Jun 2012
6	Ahmed Shehzad	0	1	2	Pak	Win	Dhaka	01 Apr 2014
7	Rafatullah Mohmand	0	1	2	Pak	Eng	Sharjah	30 Nov 2015
8	Haris Sohail	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Harare	05 Jul 2018
9	Fakhar Zaman	0	1	2	Pak	Srl	Lahore	09 Oct 2019
10	Fakhar Zaman	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Sydney	03 Nov 2019

Fakhar  Zaman became the fourth Pakistan opening batsman to collect the first ball duck in a T20I innings against Australia. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Kamran Akmal	0	1	2	Pak	Aus	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
2	Shahzaib Hasan	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Birmingham	05 Jul 2010
3	Haris Sohail	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Harare	05 Jul 2018
4	Fakhar Zaman	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Sydney	03 Nov 2019

Kamran Akmal, Mohammad Hafeez and Fakhar Zaman are the three Pakistan openers to collect the first ball duck on two occasions. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	BF	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Kamran Akmal	0	1	1	Pak	Srl	Colombo (RPS)	12 Aug 2009
2	Kamran Akmal	0	1	2	Pak	Aus	Gros Islet	02 May 2010
1	Mohammad Hafeez	0	1	2	Pak	Eng	Abu Dhabi	27 Feb 2012
2	Mohammad Hafeez	0	1	2	Pak	Srl	Hambantota	01 Jun 2012
1	Fakhar Zaman	0	1	2	Pak	Srl	Lahore	09 Oct 2019
2	Fakhar Zaman	0	1	1	Pak	Aus	Sydney	03 Nov 2019

India and Bangladesh T20I at New Delhi scheduled for today, that is 03.11.19 will be numbered as the 1000^th T20I game. As of 2^nd November 2019, the total number of T20Is played across the world read 997. Today, that is on 3^rd November 2019,  three T20Is are slated to be played – New Zealand vs England at  Wellington,  Australia vs Pakistan at Sydney, and India vs Bangladesh at Delhi.

The game between New Zealand vs England at Wellington is already in progress and has been numbered as 998^th T20I. The game between Australia Vs Pakistan at Sydney is also under progress and has been numbered as 999^th T20I.